It is impossible to believe in Evolution and not be a racist

[freemehul]

It's more like saying, "we can say and do whatever we want with impunity". I read about torture methods, and such reality control measures are used to break down the torture victim.

Then where is the torture?
As to the flaunting of power. I do see a resemblance with ID and MNE (the course that the Chinese Communists want to introduce to Hong Kong) in that respect. So in my view it is definitely indoctrination. But again in both cases it neither improves wealth nor prestige. Far from it, both the leaders and the society as a whole is put to a disadvantage both in terms of wealth and prestige. Promoting such bad things is destructive to ones economy and makes ones society backwards and there is no prestige to be gained from being backwards.

Now whether that's due to those adherent leaders being nuts or simply because its authoritarian that I don't know. Its very hard to tell anyway. Religions have a tendency to promote theocratic political systems and unlike democracies which tend to have a more humanistic background, those theocratic systems are inherently more authoritarian. So it becomes a bit of the chicken or the egg question. I am more of the assumption that it is insanity rather than an authoritarian background. Here is why. Maoism and Christian fundamentalism are two interely different political streams. Where as we look at the commonalities with the two progenitors there are plenty. Mao was beat up as a child by his father and was physically abused. As to Thaxton, emotional neglect during childhood is equally damaging.